add timestampToDate(InUserFormat)

Author: robstoll

README.md

@@ -1447,9 +1447,16 @@ source "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/setup.sh" "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts"
 
 sourceOnce "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/utility/date-utils.sh"
 
-# converts the unix timestamp to a date in format Y-m-dTH:M:S
+# converts the unix timestamp to a date with time in format Y-m-dTH:M:S
 timestampToDateTime 1662981524 # outputs 2022-09-12T13:18:44
 
+# converts the unix timestamp to a date in format Y-m-d
+timestampToDate 1662981524 # outputs 2022-09-12
+
+# converts the unix timestamp to a date in format as defined by LC_TIME
+# (usually as defined by the user in the system settings)
+timestampToDateInUserFormat 1662981524 # outputs 12.09.2022 for ch_DE
+
 dateToTimestamp "2024-03-01" # outputs 1709247600
 dateToTimestamp "2022-09-12T13:18:44" # outputs 1662981524
 ```

src/utility/date-utils.doc.sh

@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@ source "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/setup.sh" "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts"
 
 sourceOnce "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/utility/date-utils.sh"
 
-# converts the unix timestamp to a date in format Y-m-dTH:M:S
+# converts the unix timestamp to a date with time in format Y-m-dTH:M:S
 timestampToDateTime 1662981524 # outputs 2022-09-12T13:18:44
 
+# converts the unix timestamp to a date in format Y-m-d
+timestampToDate 1662981524 # outputs 2022-09-12
+
+# converts the unix timestamp to a date in format as defined by LC_TIME
+# (usually as defined by the user in the system settings)
+timestampToDateInUserFormat 1662981524 # outputs 12.09.2022 for ch_DE
+
 dateToTimestamp "2024-03-01" # outputs 1709247600
 dateToTimestamp "2022-09-12T13:18:44" # outputs 1662981524
 

src/utility/date-utils.sh

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 #######  Description  #############
 #
-#  utility functions for dealing with date
+#  utility functions for dealing with date(-time) and unix timestamps
 #
 #######  Usage  ###################
 #
@@ -25,9 +25,16 @@
 #
 #    sourceOnce "$dir_of_tegonal_scripts/utility/date-utils.sh"
 #
-#    # converts the unix timestamp to a date in format Y-m-dTH:M:S
+#    # converts the unix timestamp to a date with time in format Y-m-dTH:M:S
 #    timestampToDateTime 1662981524 # outputs 2022-09-12T13:18:44
 #
+#    # converts the unix timestamp to a date in format Y-m-d
+#    timestampToDate 1662981524 # outputs 2022-09-12
+#
+#    # converts the unix timestamp to a date in format as defined by LC_TIME
+#    # (usually as defined by the user in the system settings)
+#    timestampToDateInUserFormat 1662981524 # outputs 12.09.2022 for ch_DE
+#
 #    dateToTimestamp "2024-03-01" # outputs 1709247600
 #    dateToTimestamp "2022-09-12T13:18:44" # outputs 1662981524
 #
@@ -50,6 +57,22 @@ function timestampToDateTime() {
 	date -d "@$timestamp" +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"
 }
 
+function timestampToDate() {
+	local timestamp
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2034   # is passed by name to parseFnArgs
+	local -ra params=(timestamp)
+	parseFnArgs params "$@"
+	date -d "@$timestamp" +"%Y-%m-%d"
+}
+
+function timestampToDateInUserFormat() {
+	local timestamp
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2034   # is passed by name to parseFnArgs
+	local -ra params=(timestamp)
+	parseFnArgs params "$@"
+	date -d "@$timestamp" +"%x"
+}
+
 function dateToTimestamp() {
 	local dateAsString
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2034   # is passed by name to parseFnArgs

src/utility/replace-help-snippet.sh

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function replaceHelpSnippet() {
 
 	local snippet cleanedUpSnippet markdownSnippet
 	snippet=$("$script" "${varargs[@]}") || true
-	# remove ansi colour codes form snippet
+	# remove ansi colour codes from snippet
 	cleanedUpSnippet=$(perl -0777 -pe "s/\033\[([01];\d{2}|0)m//g" <<<"$snippet") || die "could not quote snippet for %s" "$script"
 	markdownSnippet=$(printf "\`\`\`text\n%s\n\`\`\`" "$cleanedUpSnippet") || die "could not create markdownSnippet for %s" "$script"